Recursive function to generate multidimensional array from database result

Question

I\'m looking to write a function that takes an array of pages/categories (from a flat database result) and generates an array of nested page/category items based on the pare

Answer 1

It is possible to use php to get the mysql result into array and then use it.

$categoryArr = Array();
while($categoryRow = mysql_fetch_array($category_query_result)){
    $categoryArr[] = array('parentid'=>$categoryRow['parent_id'],
            'id'=>$categoryRow['id']);
   }